The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-15
A VERY SUDDEN BEARD.
A Young PhIIadelphian's Whiskers Como
Out in n Single Night

A Young PhiIadeIphian's whiskers Como
Out in single Night
Philadelphia News.
"Peculiarf Well, should say so; but that
man going down the street is the greatest Curl
osity I've ever seem" said friend to News re-
porter as they stood together on Chestnut street
yesterday.
Flows that7r
did you notice his full brown beardT was
the answering interrogatory.
Yes; well ."
"weil that man a week ago had no more
beard than baby; aud now look at him. You
mightn { believe me, but that mans face was as
bare Of beard as the palm of my hand ur to Ave
days ago. He WAS awful anxious TO grow some
some time ago be started to shave, and though
he lathered and shaved for six months the best
be could raise was pretty set of pink pimples.
He gave up in disgust year ago with heart
full OF despair, and his face as bare OF beard as
before.
''His name is Frank Glider. and he lives over
in West Philadelphia. on Darby road, just be-
low Chestnut He tried every beard starter he
ever heard Of He looked with longing eyes
upon pictures labeled before and after he
shaved fruitlessly. he cursed, he prayed; in
fine, he did everything. yet the beard refused to
sprout
"On the night OF June 81 Mr. Glider went to
bed in disturbed frame of mind. He had been
that evening twitted a great deal about his
beardlessness. Before retiring, he relates him
self. he wished most earnestly that his beard
might sprout, and his accommodating fairy must
nave overheard MS Wish.
when he arose in the morning and saw his
reflection in the glass surprise would hardly
describe his feelings He was frightened; then
those feelings gave way to unmitigated delight.
He danced a regular war dance in his stocking
feet, and wound it up with whoop that ratified
the glass in the windows for a square around and
brought the entire family to his room.
His glass had shown him that fine beard
had sprouted His face covered with
quarter-inch stubble of fine brown beard, and he
could feel that it was growing still. His
long delayed beard had started, and it
had all out in night. Such q case
was never heard of before. His appearance
created CONSERVATION at the breakfast table, the
family failing to recognize him until they heard
his voice. The curious part of il that his
new bread grew so fast that by noon it was more
than an inch long. and by shutdown in was three
inches long and still growing. 1t is about three
inches long now and still growing but he has
had it trimmed every day since it first came out
His great fear now is that it will all grow at
once. and that its vigor will in that way become
exhausted tie nair fall out, and leave him
as badly off as before. He has the additional
fear, too that it IS sapplng his vitality, as he
feels himself growing weaker daily. and the
chances that overgrowth of beard may
cause his death.
physicians whom he has consulted are at a
loss to account for the spontaneous growth.
One whom he consulted stated that he had
never heard of similar case He gave it
has his opinion that the essential structure
of the hair. which is an assemblage of
epidermic cells at the bottom of f1ask-shaped~
follicle in the substance of the skin, always
present but that some condition of the cells pre-
vented them being supplied with blood. and
Further he said there may have been some con-
dition of the paplla in the bottom of the follcle
and upon which the hair rests, which prevented
the proper enlargement of the root"